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This is a great looking body style. I'm wondering about the openings in the sail panels ?

This will be interesting to watch. I have one of these in line to build, some day.

I like the idea of the Slant Six. Anyone can use a V-8. With the 6 you could use a Turbo or even go with a belt driven Super Charger be it a Roots or Centrifugal type.

I think you need to research individual models within the Plymouth model line up. It would seem that there is a difference between chrome or colored moldings depending on which model line you're looking at. It would seem that they were built both ways depending on which model you are replicating.

For the most part the basic kits that would be needed to build the SCCA / Trans Am over 2 liter cars are readily available. The Camaro bodies from '67 thru the second generation are well represented. Just use the induction from the Revell '69 Camaro Z28 kit. The Ford Mustang is also available in various year models and again minimal engine modifications. The Chrysler products are also available to a lesser degree and you would need a Chrysler small block to complete the look. The AMC Javelins would be the perfect car for someone to kit. The only ones I remember that may work are the older NASCAR kits that could be easily converted, but find one. I think there would be a small market for say a 2in1 or even a 3in1 kit. I would buy one. This sounds to me like something that Round 2 might do if they have the old molds. The Firebird? I personally would welcome a '69 Firebird, but would enough others share that felling to where it would be profitable ? One thing to remember with the Firebirds, they couldn't build a competitive 305 cu. in. engine from their existing engines at the time. The only really competitive Firebirds were the Canadian models. These were Firebirds built and sold in Canada. Canadian Firebirds often used the Chevrolet engine, and since the Chevrolet 302 could conceptually have been put in a Canadian Firebird that is how Pontiac got around that. And yes some teams got very creative and put Firebird sheet metal on their Camaros and said Yada Yada its a Canadian Firebird.

I think it looks very good. Even better since you have been away for a while. I guess it's like riding a bicycle, you just always have it.

Nice turnaround on the body. Good color.

Very nice paint job. This looks like a good kit, I like the wire wheels.

I would use Pete J's suggestion using the Super Glue. I had the same problem on a '66 Chevelle wagon that I converted into a two door wagon. Even with filler that went far beyond the original door lines they started to "shadow" after about a year. Very frustrating.

Beautiful build and quite an undertaking. I never knew of the Renault Dauphine as anything but a gutless econocar. Great back story on this build.

Very nice clean build. Great foil work, those wheel well moldings are a bear.

Very clean looking build. You accomplished a lot of added detail by using accurate colors under the hood and on the chassis.

Very nice looking build and I like the color. I have to agree with you on the wheels & tires. I know that the 20" + wheel sizes are popular but in reality these cars had 14'' and optional 15" wheels back in the day.

Beautiful clean build. Excellent paint finish and color choice.

I was actually thinking about chewing on the rubber rear bumpers of the "Left Lane Setters" who are texting and not looking where they are going and speeding up only to slow down again. Of course they wake up when you go to pass and now they think you want to Drag Race. It seems to be a very big issue here, but this is another subject for another time. I'm just glad to see Dr. Cranky showing some of his ideas.

That is beautiful. Besides the model I have always liked your studio type photography of your models.

very nice looking Hot Rod.

Very nice looking build. The stance and wheels really make this look like something you would love to have in the driveway.

Great looking build. I like the "Harley Davidson" livery paint job. Nice to see the Ford in a Ford for power.

Beautiful build. With some of the build pictures you can better appreciate the finished build. I would like to use that interior color on a model I'm working on now. What paint did you use ??

Very nice. You managed to blend the Custom front end to the body smoothly and that isn't easy on this body.

That is just amazing. The longer I look at the pictures all of the little details start to appear. Rick mentioned the year model not being a 1955. In the US production this cab shape was used thru the '54 production year. The series 1 '55 Chev. trucks were similar but with a one piece curved windshield and the series 2 trucks had the new body style that would run for many years. GM production in other countries are often different and some body styles stay in production for several years after they have ended here. This build looks very much like something that a shop would put together to be a work horse for hauling and what ever else was needed. I really like the look of this build and the little details that went into it.

I like that idea. There are time that I would like to have one of those on the front of my Wrangler, and I don't mean when off road either.

There was a kit that came out in the '60's to adapt a spin on filter for the Chevrolet engines with the canister style filter. You would remove the oil pressure relief valve that mounts between the filter housing and the engine block. This was replaced by the adapter to which the spin on filter mounted just like the way it has been done ever since. So you can say you have retrofitted your engine with the updated spin on filter.

Beautiful build. You really captured the early '50's Custom look. Very original paint scheme.